Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [adv] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She always slings my card just at the wrong time . |
2 | What I , what er , I in fact , what , what I did notice in that time that I was there , was that er , when you talk about the old guard , the young people , anybody under forty er they were a little bit cynical about this communism lark and Lenin and the rest of it , they all went to say , they would all go to Lenin 's er statue and in effect have a blessing from Lenin , we went along with them on one occasion , very pleased to do it , but you you got the impression that the younger generation were already in 1982 and the people now that are out there with Yeltsin were shying away from communism , now the thing is this that Gorbachev came along in my opinion exactly at the right time and tried to move things a little our way a little way from the hardline , which obviously could n't be sustained . |
3 | ‘ I 'm leaving a picture of my mother up at the front door with a notice saying this woman is not allowed into the theatre , ’ says Margi . |
4 | Cold swimmers demanded their money back at the new Ponteland Leisure Centre after claiming the water was too cold . |
5 | So they finally ended their lives together at the isolated Cheddar Gorge beauty spot in the Mendip Hills , in Somerset . |
6 | The Munn Report examined the structure of the curriculum in the last two years of compulsory schooling in Scotland , and carried out its work almost at the same time as the Dunning Committee considered the aims , purposes and forms of assessment for the whole ability range . |
7 | An unpaid tax bill instilled fears into the companies who dealt with Red Rhino and everyone slapped their bills in at the same time . |
8 | BNFL was among 50 exhibitors who put their message across at the recent local government conference in Blackpool . |
9 | Even when she was too tired to read she sought escape in romance-cubes she spent all her wages on at the Madreidetic shop . |
10 | Hopefully United could have found their form just at the right time . |
11 | Angrily , she pushed her thoughts away at the same time as she pushed her bowl and chopsticks away . |
12 | After several more sessions out in the country , Hoomey got the hand of it , and learned that , even if he could n't stop , he could steer , and that sitting on Bones 's enormous flights through the atmosphere was comparatively easy once you got used to it , far easier than poor Jazz 's problem of trying to stay aboard when Spot , cantering quite easily towards the jump , put his anchors out at the last minute and stopped dead . |
13 | The major exhibition of his work currently at the National Portrait Gallery should help to change that . |
14 | To the relief of leader Paddy Ashdown , Liverpool Mossley Hill MP , David Alton , said yesterday there was now no obstacle to his standing again at the next General Election . |
15 | To the relief of Paddy Ashdown , Liverpool Mossley Hill MP David Alton said yesterday there was now no obstacle to his standing again at the next general election . |
16 | Shaking his head sadly at the stark scene he turned to head for the Zoo 's exit . |
17 | He shook his head sadly at the cruel injustices of this world . |
18 | The busy sputter of a Vespa came rocking round the bulk of the house , and the young man of the custodian 's box put his head in at the open door , gave Charlotte a brief , blank glance , and asked briskly : ‘ Where is he ? ’ |
19 | Merton nods his head approvingly at the prodigious workrate . |
20 | And he mantled his wings hugely at the approaching Men , calling out angrily at them with his harsh voice . |
21 | Greek by nationality , he was born and spent most of his life in Russia , returning to the land of his ancestors only at the very end of his days , where he shortly thereafter died . |
22 | Then Yorkshire mounted a 49th-minute attack and , aided by a deflection , Robert Ward got his shot home at the second attempt . |
23 | ‘ The rich man in his castle , ’ ! that 's Mr Harker and his family up at the big house … ’ |
24 | From London you can be putting your boots on at the Bloody Bridge car park in less than three hours if you have a mind to . |
25 | You could have collected your winnings and proved your alibi both at the same time . ’ |